Area Maintenance Manager

Michelin Tyre Plc; Waterville; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Michelin is seeking an Area Maintenance Manager in Waterville, Nova Scotia to lead a maintenance team focused on equipment reliability and safety. The role involves strategic planning, continuous improvement initiatives, and developing team capabilities to support production goals in safety, quality, cost, and delivery.

Benefits

Competitive compensation and benefits

Comprehensive training programs

Opportunities for advancement

Commitment to diversity

Qualifications

• 5+ years of maintenance management experience.
• 2+ years of supervisory experience.
• Experience in industrial environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance team ensuring equipment reliability and safety.
• Implement maintenance strategies and plans to address breakdowns.
• Analyze maintenance results for continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Team Management

Problem Solving

Resource Planning

Education

Technical college diploma or bachelor's degree

Job description

Discover More than a career with Michelin
Area Maintenance Manager
Waterville, Nova Scotia

For over 130 years, Michelin has innovated to improve the mobility of people and goods. Today, we are setting the benchmark across every tire and travel-related services market, while leading a global strategy to drive sustainable, profitable growth. Michelin North America (Canada) Inc. is proud to be a leading employer in Canada, with more than 3900 dedicated employees in Nova Scotia alone, contributing to a rich history of innovation, community involvement, and a strong commitment to safety and quality.

Michelin is seeking an Area Maintenance Manager to join its team in Waterville, Nova Scotia.

Mission:

The Area Maintenance Manager will lead a team of maintenance personnel in an area of the facility. They will ensure the availability and reliability of equipment in their sector of responsibility while optimizing maintenance costs and energy with a goal of continuous improvement. These efforts are undertaken to support production teams in the shared goals of safety, quality, cost and delivery.

Responsibilities include:

• provide a safe working environment for all employees and ensure safe operating conditions of equipment;
• the maintenance strategy is applied to equipment criticality;
• maintenance plans are implemented, to include effective reaction to breakdowns and proactive work on machinery to improve control of the process (reliability);
• effectiveness of machine interventions is continuously optimized (The analysis of maintenance results is ensured and implementation of necessary actions to ensure continuous progress over short- and medium-term horizons);
• lead a team of multidisciplinary maintenance professionals to ensure reliability of equipment, in particular solving issues of obsolescence;
• maintenance cost is optimized: operational efficiency, energy and spare parts consumption; and,
• develop and empower their team, build, and update the succession plan under the leadership of the Maintenance Manager.

Requirements include:

• technical college diploma, bachelor or graduate degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience;
• 5+ years maintenance management experience with 2+ years of supervisory experience;
• demonstrated leadership experience in an industrial environment;
• proven record of development of people through coaching, mentoring, and establishment of development plans; and,
• experience in successful resource planning.

How to apply:

Candidates should clearly indicate how they meet the requirements listed above in their applications. We ask you to merge your covering letter and resume into one Word or PDF document. Applications should be submitted on or before June 22, 2025.

Candidates selected to participate in the first round of interviews will be contacted via e-mail. All other candidates will be notified when the hiring process is complete.

Your career with Michelin: we manufacture the future.

Michelin truly believes that business performance and the professional success of our employees go hand in hand. Our approach to career development reaffirms the values that guide us every day and expresses the mutual commitments that Michelin Group has undertaken to ensure everyone is able to find fulfillment in their role. Performance and potential are assessed with a view to the long-term and training policies allow each employee to continue to grow throughout their career, while helping to drive the company’s development.

Michelin North America (Canada) Inc. offers competitive compensation and benefits, comprehensive training programs, opportunities for advancement and a workplace that values and demonstrates its dedication to diversity.